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Kim Novak’s grandmother, Frances Reid from Culpeper, spent the weekend in Castleton. She stayed from Friday through Monday.

Judy Hitt’s mother, Helene Willemse, came from Arlington for Christmas dinner.

Judy and Mitch celebrate their anniversary on New Year’s. So do Peggy and John Henry. Our New Year’s baby is Frank Grimsley — he celebrates his coming of age on Sunday. Hope he has a fun one.

Aunt Michele spent her fourth Christmas in Culpeper — her second dining at the home of James and Sarah McNemar. Twice makes a tradition. She took along candles from S perryville for the centerpiece and Rappahannock cider and mulling spices — which were a great hit. For as Aunt Michele says, “You can take the cider out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the cider.” These native Virginians allowed as how they had never before in their entire lives had honest to goodness, simmered to perfection Rappahannock hot apple cider. And that’s the truth as sure as we ever told it.

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